A battle has been waging in Sacramento over whether beverage cartons — the ones used for milk, juice, broth, wine, even egg whites — should get the coveted chasing arrows recycling label. Earlier this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Waste Management has halted carton sorting at its Sacramento facility, likely forcing California to strip the recycling symbol ...

The Tracy, California-based California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB) has launched a campaign aimed at increasing awareness of the recyclability of milk jugs made of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) ...

There are hardcore recyclers—and those who don’t recycle at all. And then there is a third group: the wishful recyclers—aka "wish-cyclers." This well-intentioned lot tosses questionable items into ...

California milk cartons may lose their coveted recycling symbol, the one with the chasing arrows, potentially threatening the existence of the ubiquitous beverage containers. In a letter Dec. 15, ...

Waste Management has halted carton sorting at its Sacramento facility, likely forcing California to strip the recycling symbol from milk and juice containers statewide. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images ...